Political Crisis in Haiti (Pure Theater from 3 March)

C-SPAN ^ | 03Mar04

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House Committee
Political Crisis in Haiti
International Relations, Western Hemisphere
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 180815 - 03/03/2004 - 4:49 - $300.00

Ballenger, Cass, U.S. Representative, R-NC
Carney, Timothy, Ambassador, United States, Haiti
Franco, Adolfo, Official, U.S. Agency for Intl. Development, Latin American Affairs
Dewey, Arthur, Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Popul.,Refugees,Migr.Bur.
Sachs, Jeffrey, Professor, Columbia University
Maguire, Robert, Assistant Professor, Trinity College, International Affairs
Noriega, Roger, Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Western Hemisphere Affairs
Paquiot, Pierre Marie, President, University of Haiti Marville, Orlando, Election Observer

Witnesses testified about the insurgency in Haiti that forced President Aristide to resign and go into exile. Among the topics they addressed were the international response to the turmoil, U.S. role in Haiti, efforts to bring stability to the country, and future options to restore security and democracy.

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This is the Hearing that was held Wednesday. It turned into many shouting matches. At one point Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega told Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee (D TX) that it, "was none of her business" when she pressed him on a time his life had been threatened.

It just started getting to the good part and runs for another two hours.

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Sheila is an embarrassment.
An anti-American raving lunatic with a black panther mentality.

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future options to restore security and democracy.

In my opinion, those concepts are contradictory in the context of Haiti and in many another Third World scociety. The kindest thing to do under the circumstances, would be to reverse the cruel Clinton interference of 1994, and bring back General Cedras, if he is still able to Govern.

Of course, if the foolish persist in this cant about "Democracy," which Madison considered an abomination, we might as well send David Frum To Haiti. After all, if he advocates sending American boys to their deaths to foist Democracy on peoples all over the Near and Middle Easts, he can surely show us how it can be done a short distance off our Southern shores.

William Flax

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This is the first time the Hearing has been shown on C-SPAN TV. It was covered up on Wednesday because the House was in session. I heard some of it (yet to come) on C-SPAN Radio and it does get good. It's on RealPlayer but it's just not the same.

Overall, The Congression Racist Black Caucus is almost out of control in their questioning.

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So I guess one of the "charges" they hope to pin on the "Bush Regime" is that we armed the rebels via the Dominican Republic.

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Before this Hearing is over they will have charged W with causing everything back to and including WWI

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Why oh why oh WHY do the Republicans allow the Rats to define the argument?

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Here are the members of the Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee. The rest of the congress critters are there to stir things up.

Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee Membership

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Rangel up now. Waters, Jackson-Lee and Corrine Brown to come.

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Why was it our responsibility to prop up Aristide?

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Maxine is up!

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Looks like Maxine used the same person as Kerry for her Botox.

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Many members of the CBC have been receiving campaign donations from Aristide.

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Jackson Lee is up. Shortly, Noriega will tell her, "That is none of your business!"

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Ohh man do I HATE this woman.

I have this primal desire to do great harm to her head.

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I wonder if Corrine Brown, Shiela J-L or Mad Maxine ever watch a tape of themselves. Between the three of them their IQ has to reach close to 200.